Gallup recently reported that while nursing is the world's most trusted profession, politicians are neck-and-neck with used car salesmen as least trusted. And that's ALL politicians. I'd bet dollars to donuts that if they segregated the survey by political party, Republican politicians were a negative number whose members have to look up to see the bottom of the barrel.
Rick Wilson you are a man with TRULY THE BEST WORDS! I adore reading you and love watching you talk on YT. Any time I see Rick Wilson is weighing in, I click ASAP!!! ETTD and it has NEVER been more true than now! Even Silly Vanilli( Kid Rock) made them look even more sad than they usually do. BAD BUNNY’s performance was EVERYTHING and will go down in history with Prince, Whitney and MJ for the top Halftime Shows of ALL TIME!!!
"Eventually, the other side starts driving a tank." Drinking Chateau Schadenfreude while watching Newsom, Pritzger, Stansbury, Gallego. Khanna, Kelly, Slotkin, Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlihan, Crow, Warren, Moulton, Markey, Murphy, Frost, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, et al firing real bullets is indeed delicious.
Nice essay Rick, if I didn't know better I think you spent a lot of time with PJ O'Rourke at the water cooler. I think he would be squarely in our camp though. I did not see the halftime show to have a special place in my heart for Puerto Rico, the beauty of the land and the people, having spent time there. They teach Spanish and English together there and the continental US could use a lesson in being that smart.
Notice how silent the astoundingly stupid MAGAs are in Florida? That is because they know in their heart of hearts they cannot win without the Hispanic vote but let's not remind them however, Trump will assure them they can.
"The maps are changing, the music is playing, and the truth is coming for the bill."
This piece is brilliant writing. Your phrase "the music is playing" --I love that! I love Bad Bunny, who I joyfully discovered last night. "The only thing stronger than hate is love." That's the message all of us with even an ounce of compassion needed to hear someone express. We have a voice ringing out in the wilderness and it's in the middle of the NFL halftime show! Bad Bunny is the number one entertainer in the world. He celebrates community, connection, family, LOVE. And he calls himself a bunny. (I love bunnies.) We will never give up fighting the corrupt, demonic Trump regime. And may it not rest In peace, but in accountability for its sins and crimes against decency and humanity. Release the full Epstein files now. And may we hold on to the joy and love Bad Bunny shared with us last night, so that we can beat back this evil, however long it takes. We, the community of the decent, will never give up.
Now playing: Venetian Snares, Chordate (h/t Rick and Hispanics ;)
I'm not big on reggaeton or club music in general, but I can get into a little breakcore (progressive techno, if you will) if the siggies are smokin' enough. My man Aaron Funk here really ought to collaborate with Anne Quillier. His beats with her melodies, oh what a noise that'd make :)
Rick, my eternal blood brother, you'll have to forgive me for skipping over the Ground News copy. It is so jarring to slam from the sincere, perceptive, intelligent voice that I pay for, read and watch religiously into your tech startup bro shill voice. You don't believe a single word of that copy, Rick, and there isn't a single person in this comment section who could give a reason why anyone would need to pay for an app that provides a _precise quantification_ of a news source's bias.
This is less a useful product than it is an instantiation of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Anyway ...
I am really enamored of the meta-argument you made and I'm very happy you made it. We've been sniffing ourselves for normalcy bias (the kind of bias that can't be measured by Ground News, LOL) as we desperately hope our fragile ship of state gets past these reefs. But the other end -- the open end -- leads to panic attacks about ICE at polling places and weaponized local election workers. But I do think you're right about the broader arc. The most dangerous force in human history is that tendency to fight-or-flight reaction I call anti-Enlightenment conservatism (not your kind of conservatism to be sure), a through line from the Stone Age to Trump. But that force can't build anything, only destroy. The force of reaction leaves a graveyard of empires.
Jamelle Bouie says it's less about what Trump wants to do than what he and his movement are capable of doing and they seem to be quite incapable, indeed. That's no small thing.
Gallup recently reported that while nursing is the world's most trusted profession, politicians are neck-and-neck with used car salesmen as least trusted. And that's ALL politicians. I'd bet dollars to donuts that if they segregated the survey by political party, Republican politicians were a negative number whose members have to look up to see the bottom of the barrel.
Wonderful! Your snark gives me hope.
Reggaeton, not pop. Let’s not insult Benito.
Loved the article Rick, thank you 🙏💙🕊️
Rick Wilson you are a man with TRULY THE BEST WORDS! I adore reading you and love watching you talk on YT. Any time I see Rick Wilson is weighing in, I click ASAP!!! ETTD and it has NEVER been more true than now! Even Silly Vanilli( Kid Rock) made them look even more sad than they usually do. BAD BUNNY’s performance was EVERYTHING and will go down in history with Prince, Whitney and MJ for the top Halftime Shows of ALL TIME!!!
"Eventually, the other side starts driving a tank." Drinking Chateau Schadenfreude while watching Newsom, Pritzger, Stansbury, Gallego. Khanna, Kelly, Slotkin, Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlihan, Crow, Warren, Moulton, Markey, Murphy, Frost, Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, et al firing real bullets is indeed delicious.
Utterly delicious, RW. Nobody does it better. No body.
Nice essay Rick, if I didn't know better I think you spent a lot of time with PJ O'Rourke at the water cooler. I think he would be squarely in our camp though. I did not see the halftime show to have a special place in my heart for Puerto Rico, the beauty of the land and the people, having spent time there. They teach Spanish and English together there and the continental US could use a lesson in being that smart.
Notice how silent the astoundingly stupid MAGAs are in Florida? That is because they know in their heart of hearts they cannot win without the Hispanic vote but let's not remind them however, Trump will assure them they can.
"The maps are changing, the music is playing, and the truth is coming for the bill."
This piece is brilliant writing. Your phrase "the music is playing" --I love that! I love Bad Bunny, who I joyfully discovered last night. "The only thing stronger than hate is love." That's the message all of us with even an ounce of compassion needed to hear someone express. We have a voice ringing out in the wilderness and it's in the middle of the NFL halftime show! Bad Bunny is the number one entertainer in the world. He celebrates community, connection, family, LOVE. And he calls himself a bunny. (I love bunnies.) We will never give up fighting the corrupt, demonic Trump regime. And may it not rest In peace, but in accountability for its sins and crimes against decency and humanity. Release the full Epstein files now. And may we hold on to the joy and love Bad Bunny shared with us last night, so that we can beat back this evil, however long it takes. We, the community of the decent, will never give up.
Fantastic piece, Rick. I enjoyed reading this with a smile on my face.
LOL metaphors, Rick!!
MAGA se comporta como un perro orinando por todo a marcar su territorio. Pero a decir ese es un insulto a perros.
Now playing: Venetian Snares, Chordate (h/t Rick and Hispanics ;)
I'm not big on reggaeton or club music in general, but I can get into a little breakcore (progressive techno, if you will) if the siggies are smokin' enough. My man Aaron Funk here really ought to collaborate with Anne Quillier. His beats with her melodies, oh what a noise that'd make :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqbB_WSNKhQ
And: Last Step, Portoghese (Aaron's dubstep project. This one's in 11/8.)
Someday, son, all Super Bowl halftime shows will be stippled with odd time signatures ;)
https://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/track/portoghese
Rick, my eternal blood brother, you'll have to forgive me for skipping over the Ground News copy. It is so jarring to slam from the sincere, perceptive, intelligent voice that I pay for, read and watch religiously into your tech startup bro shill voice. You don't believe a single word of that copy, Rick, and there isn't a single person in this comment section who could give a reason why anyone would need to pay for an app that provides a _precise quantification_ of a news source's bias.
This is less a useful product than it is an instantiation of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Anyway ...
I am really enamored of the meta-argument you made and I'm very happy you made it. We've been sniffing ourselves for normalcy bias (the kind of bias that can't be measured by Ground News, LOL) as we desperately hope our fragile ship of state gets past these reefs. But the other end -- the open end -- leads to panic attacks about ICE at polling places and weaponized local election workers. But I do think you're right about the broader arc. The most dangerous force in human history is that tendency to fight-or-flight reaction I call anti-Enlightenment conservatism (not your kind of conservatism to be sure), a through line from the Stone Age to Trump. But that force can't build anything, only destroy. The force of reaction leaves a graveyard of empires.
Jamelle Bouie says it's less about what Trump wants to do than what he and his movement are capable of doing and they seem to be quite incapable, indeed. That's no small thing.
‘25 Chateau Schadenfreude. I’ll drink to that!
“MAGA was built on the idea that they were the “Silent Majority.” They aren’t silent, and they sure as hell aren’t the majority.”
Not silent, but they’ve gotten a lot quieter and less conspicuous. It’s gotten harder to spot gaudy displays of MAGA flags on a Sunday drive.
I’m tech illiterate, but would it be that hard to have AI just spit out actual nonpartisan districts?
I couldn’t love/agree with this more. Thanks for buckling us up!
Love that Maga is losing the culture wars, don't love the commercials for ground news